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Iowa consumer complaints up 24% in 2020, according to attorney general

Des Moines Register: Complaints of fraud, price-gouging and other consumer scams increased in Iowa last year. Iowans filed more than 4,000 consumer complaints with the Iowa Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division in 2020, an increase of …

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Iowa ethanol production drops 12% in 2020

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Iowa’s ethanol producers saw a 12% drop in production in 2020, the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association said today. It marks the second consecutive year ethanol production declined after a record-breaking 2018, which saw …

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CIBO, Peoples Co. join to offer carbon credits

CIBO and Peoples Co. have announced a partnership to offer carbon credits on more than 20,000 acres of managed land. According to a news release, the collaboration makes the Clive-based Peoples the first land management company to offer …

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Iowa City Council approves $12.25 million financing plan for downtown project

Cedar Rapids Gazette: The Iowa City Council on Tuesday threw its support behind a downtown development designed to revitalize and preserve the character of the Pedestrian Mall. A resolution approving $12.25 million in tax increment financing …

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Iowa House panels advance gun, abortion constitutional amendments

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Proposals to let Iowans vote to create a state-level Second Amendment and reject a Supreme Court finding of a right to an abortion advanced at the Iowa Statehouse on Tuesday. The proposed amendment relating …

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Cedar Rapids airport sees 53% drop in passengers in 2020, fewest in at least 25 years

Cedar Rapids Gazette: The Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids saw the fewest total passengers in 2020 in at least 25 years as coronavirus wreaked havoc on the commercial aerospace industry. The 615,935 passengers marked a …

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LBS acquires Illinois-based Gane Brothers & Lane

LBS, a manufacturer and distributor of materials for the production of books and luxury packaging based in Des Moines, has completed its previously announced acquisition of the assets of Gane Brothers & Lane Inc. Financial terms …

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Sleepy Hollow closed for season; not willing to risk virus

Des Moines Register: The sight of hundreds of people huddling and linking arms before tubing down the 15-story slope at Sleepy Hollow Sports Park in Des Moines startled the longtime owners. Rick and Mary Flatt were …

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Cedar Rapids airport to start mandatory health screenings

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Mandatory health screenings at Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids will be in place Jan. 25 for all passengers following changes in Federal Aviation Administration guidance. The airport and Mercy Medical Center initially …

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UI gets more time to study Jupiter with NASA extension

Corridor Business Journal: The University of Iowa will have several more years to study the largest planet in our solar system. The U.S. space agency NASA announced this week it will extend the Juno mission to …